Friday the 13th Frights HAND OF FATE "The Night of Friday 13"

For centuries, this date was 24 hours of sheer terror...

...amazingly, there are relatively few comic stories about it, and most of them are humor tales!
But not this one...

This bit of pre-Comics Code fun is from Hand of Fate #22 (1954), illustrated by Lou Cameron, who did over 200 stories and covers in every conceivable genre during his time in the comic book business!
His best-known work is a number of genre tales for Classics Illustrated including War of the Worlds, Time Machine, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde!
He gave up illustrating and became a Western novel and non-fiction writer.

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It's ALWAYS Halloween! DOCTOR HORROR

It's Halloween Month, and We're Going to Present Some Serious Horror...

...starting with a character who made only one appearance...but what an appearance!

If this had been produced in the 1960s, I'd say the artist had gotten some bad weed before producing the latest issue of his underground comix.

In fact, it appeared in Lev Gleason's Captain Battle Comics #2 (1941(, illustrated (and probably written) by Don Rico and read by impressionable young kids throughout America!
Publisher Lev Gleason had already introduced comics' first major super-villain, The Claw, in Silver Streak Comics, and it's possible he posed the suggestion to his artists that they come up with something to top The Claw!
Or, it's possible that with a deadline looming and pages to fill, Gleason assigned Rico to come up with a story in a very brief time frame!
We'll never know the answer.

But that shouldn't stop you from enjoying this startling, surreal story!

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JOURNEY INTO FEAR "Her Lips Dripped Blood"

It's Valentine's Day, so let's think of something romantic like moonlight...

...as not-so-romantically illustrated in Superior's Journey into Fear #15 (1953)!

Surprisingly, this story had never been reprinted before it's re-appearance in the new IDW anthology Haunted Horror!

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ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS "Corpse Convention"

A honeymoon can become a nightmare when the newlyweds attend a...

...as you'll see in this tale from Standard's Adventures into Darkness #6 (1952).

The scripter and inker of this story are unknown, but the pencils are clearly by George Tuska, one of the hardest-working artists of the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages.

This tale has never been reprinted...until now, in the pages of IDW's horror anthology Haunted Horror #2, now at your local comic book shop.

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CHAMBER OF CHILLS "HeartLine"

Next time you hear someone say "you're breaking my heart", it might be literal...

...as this tale from near the end of the reign of horror comics aptly demonstrates!

Oddly, though most listings describe "HeartLine" as the "cover" story for this issue, the cover by Lee Elias doesn't show any elements or characters from the tale!

Though the caption refers to the story,  there's no blonde, and both the woman and the man are decomposing!

(It's still a cool-ghoul cover, though!)

While the scripter of this truly heart-rending story from Harvey's Chamber of Chills #23(1954) is unknown, pencils are by Manny Stallman and inks by John Giunta.

It's never been reprinted...until now, in the pages of IDW's horror anthology Haunted Horror #2, now at your local comic book shop.

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BEYOND "DoomSmoke"

When they say "smoking is bad for your health"...

...I don't think this is quite what they have in mind!

While the scripter of this anti-smoking (and anti-murder) diatribe from Ace's The Beyond #29 (1954) is unknown, the art is by Ken Rice.

It's never been reprinted...until now, in the pages of IDW's horror anthology Haunted Horror #2, now at your local comic book shop.

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